To help reduce the high number of women dying during childbirth in Nigeria, a well-known doctor, Prof. Oladapo Ladipo, who has worked in healthcare for over 40 years, has advised women to have only three or four children. He warned that having a fifth or sixth child can lead to serious health problems or even death.
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has strongly criticized the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) for recent comments. NARD said these comments were dishonest and aimed at misleading the public with false claims.
Authorities in Ireland have started digging at a site in Tuam, County Galway. They believe almost 800 babies are buried there. These babies died at a home for unmarried mothers run by the Catholic Church.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first-ever global guideline for the management of sickle cell disease (SCD) during…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday released new guidance to support countries in adopting and expanding midwifery-led models of care.
A Nigerian scientist living in the United States, George Njoku, has raised concerns about a possible link between HIV and memory loss in people who have lived with the virus for a long time, even though they are taking antiretroviral drugs.
The Sokoto State Government has promised that it will continue working hard to completely get rid of the polio virus in the state.
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has accused medical doctors of regularly mistreating other health workers in the country’s healthcare system.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in the fatality rate of Lassa fever, warning that the disease continues to spread with new confirmed cases and increasing deaths.
New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called “magic mushrooms.”